Brief Life History of Anna Margaret Nancy
When Anna Margaret Nancy Deskins was born on 13 January 1891, in Grundy, Buchanan, Virginia, United States, her father, John Witten Deskins, was 35 and her mother, Ada Zumach Ratliff, was 30. She married Arthur Smith on 3 November 1908, in Buchanan, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 22 March 1979, in Grundy, Buchanan, Virginia, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Clinchco, Dickenson, Virginia, United States.
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- Nancy Deskins in household of John W Deskins, "United States Census, 1900"
- Nannie Stiltner, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
- Nomrie M Deskins in entry for Arthur Smith, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
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On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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Most probably a variant of Irish Diskin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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